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20 January 2023
 
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Seven days in the NHS and health IT
NHS
Strike action continues to impact NHS 
A further wave of strikes got underway with members of the Royal College of Nursing in England and Wales taking industrial action for the third time on Wednesday and Thursday. The NHS Confederation urged the government to “do all you can” to end the disruption, warning that it was doing nothing to help the service respond to demand or tackle the backlog for elective treatment (The Guardian). Unison and Unite members are due to take action next week, with the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy joining in next Thursday. Strikes in Scotland are on hold while unions negotiate with the devolved government (BBC News).
NHS
NHS England opens voluntary redundancy scheme, with digital in the first wave
NHS England has launched a voluntary redundancy scheme in a bid to cut its headcount by up to 40%. The Health Service Journal has reported that the scheme will be driven by three principles: to remove roles that won’t be needed in the future, to cut out “duplication and overlap”, and to “employ fewer senior managers in some areas.” The first wave of the scheme will be open to staff working in the transformation directorate, which is likely to include people who worked for NHSX and NHS Digital. Training, finance, communications, and national programmes are some of the other areas covered. 
EPR
Devon and Cornwall may not end up with single EPR
Acute trusts in Devon and Cornwall may be cooling on plans to procure a single electronic patient record system, the Health Service Journal has reported. Of the four acute trusts, only one – Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust – has an EPR – Epic. Another trust – Royal Cornwall Hospitals – launched a procurement last year with an option for the remaining trusts – Torbay and South Devon and University Hospitals Plymouth - to join in. However, board papers suggest they may run their own joint procurement. NHS England wants Frontline Digitisation to ‘converge’ systems. The trusts have been allocated £33-46 million each for digitisation.  
Digital care
Developments in NHS@Home
NHS England has set out its approach to managing patients with heart failure at home in a blog. The Managing Heart Failure @Home programme is part of a suite of digital outpatient, virtual ward and remote monitoring approaches being developed under the NHS@Home banner, and the blog outlines what NHSE regards as best practice, with examples from early adopter sites using technology from different companies. This week, North Bristol NHS Trust launched an NHS@Home service, working with Doccla. This service is focused on respiratory and heart conditions and aims to create capacity by preventing unnecessary admissions.   
Health IT
Minister gets serious about DTAC
NHS bodies are being asked to make sure their suppliers meet the standards laid down in the Digital Technology Assessment Criteria or DTAC. PublicTechnology.net quoted a series of written replies to Parliamentary questions by health minister Will Quince that reveal an audit of DTAC compliance is under way. Once it is complete, NHS organisations will be asked to draw up action plans to make sure their suppliers comply. Any products found to breach medical device regulations will also be reported to the MHRA. Quince said a directory of products that meet DTAC standards will be available towards the end of the financial year.
Getting started with marketing
Highland Marketing Blog
You’ve got an innovative and excellent product, so why aren’t NHS influencers and decision makers talking about it? Dr. Alastair Kirby is an Industry and Technology Navigator at Kent Surrey Sussex Academic Health Science Network (KSS AHSN). In this blog, he reflects on what marketing is, and why it matters just as much for start-ups, scale-ups, and new products as it does for established companies.
Getting traction for an international product in the NHS
Highland Marketing Blog
You know you’ve got a great health tech product and you’re looking for international opportunities. So how do you break into the UK market? Highland Marketing CEO, Mark Venables, looks at options and explains why you need a partner for success.
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